Clearlake >> Highlands Senior Center is asking the community to support their efforts to end senior hunger by participating in their March for Meals event, to be held on Sunday, March 20 at 3245 Bowers Ave. in Clearlake. These activities will include an open house, with breakfast burritos, continental breakfast ($5 donation), informational booths by vendors from the community who provide services to seniors, and vendors from our business community selling odds and ends.
Registration for the march will begin at 10 a.m., with the march itself commencing at 11 from the senior center.
Don’t walk for just your health; please pick up a packet and get sponsorships for your walking. Community members are invited to march along with Senior Center staff, clients and volunteers as they make their way from the Senior Center to the Burns Valley Mall and back. Marchers can pick up their Pledge Packets at the Senior Center prior to the event.
HSSC is asking that Marchers gather pledges from family, friends, businesses, houses of worship, fraternal organizations and other organizations in the community. Local businesses are encouraged to enter individuals or teams to represent them on the March.
And even if you can’t join the march on the morning of March 20, you can still gather pledges and donations from the community for the event. All monies should be turned into Highlands Senior Center by March 20.
As an added bonus, all donations raised during the months of March and April are eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match being provided by Charlotte Griswold.
March For Meals is an annual national campaign to raise awareness of senior hunger and to encourage action on a local level. Senior Nutrition Programs across the United States promote March For Meals in their local communities through public events, partnerships with local businesses, volunteer recruitment and fundraising initiatives. The campaign takes place in the month of March because it was during this month that the law was enacted that included Senior Nutrition Programs in the Older Americans Act.
Highlands Senior Center is a registered non-profit organization, which means that all of the funds needed to provide services to the seniors in the community comes from grants and donations, and that all donations are tax deductible. HSSC provides congregate dining, Meals on Wheels for qualified clients, and information and assistance on all manner of services and concerns that affect persons aged 60 years and older. The March for Meals is one of their biggest fundraisers each year.
Please call Highlands Senior Service Center at 994-3051 for more information on the March for Meals, or for information on any of the other services and programs that HSSC provides. Or stop by their office at 3245 Bowers Ave. in Clearlake, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
